TheESP – Ep. #479 – Hard Core Science

So, the conclave elected ‘Papa Bob’ a.k.a. Leo XIV – who is he, and will that bring back the ‘Pontus Pokes the Pope’ segment? Time will tell! In other news, If you catch this episode in time, please consider signing the European petition to ban conversion therapy, last day is May 17th.

Inge Lehmann is one of forgotten heroes of science, hear more about her in TWISH. Then we go for the news:

• INTERNATIONAL: Aspartame – risk vs. hazard
• AUSTRIA: Michael Frass’ controversial study just lost all validity – and yet, it’s still not retracted
• BELGIUM: Special report from Josef! The winners of the awards from the Belgian skeptics (SKEPP)
• FRANCE: An open letter by healthcare professionals to stop the funding of SCAM therapies that lack scientific evidence
• GERMANY: King of the Reichsbürger movement arrested
• EUROPE: Fact-checking chatbot The Check has passed experimental development phase

https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-479.html

Segments:

0:00:27 Intro

0:00:51 Greetings

0:13:56 TWISH

0:22:50 News

0:53:59 Really Wrong

0:59:08 Quote

1:00:57 Outro

1:02:19 Outtakes

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